Polishing-mitten



(Model.)

N. F. HUMPHRBY.

POLISHING MITTEN. Y No. 532,462. Patented Jan. l5, 1895.

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. NELSON F. HUMPHREY, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

POLISHING-NIITTN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters raten@ No. 532,462, dated January15, 1895.

Application filed February 6, 1894. Serial No. 499,279. (Model.)

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Be it known that I, NELSON F. HUMPHREY, of Boston, county of Suffolk,State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement inPolishing-Mittens, of which the following description,'in connectionwith the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters andfigures on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to cleaning or polish ishing mittens and has forits object, first, to so construct and arrange the parts of the mittenthat two or more cleaning or polishing pads or surfaces are or may bepresented for use', and, second, to provide the hand piece of the mittenwith a reversible cleaning or polishing pad or surface, one thatmay beturned end for end with relation to the hand piece, in case the fingerportion of the pad should Wear away faster than the palm portion, or forany other reason.

The invention therefore consists, in the combination with a hand pieceof any suitable construction, of two or more cleaning or polishin gsurfaces attached thereto or connected therewith; and also in thecombination with a hand piece of any suitable construction of areversible cleaning or polishing pad attached thereto or connectedtherewith in any suitable way, whereby its finger and palm portions maybe reversed; also in other com-Y binations of parts as will behereinafter more particularly pointed outand claimed.

Figure 1, shows in front side elevation a cleaning or polisl'iin-gmitten embodying this invention; Fig. 2, a vertical section of themitten shown in Fig. l; Fig. y3, a similar vertical section of themitten shown in Fig. 1,

the parts thereof being rearranged to provide additional polishingsurfaces; Figs.' 4, 5, and 6, modifications to be referred to.

The hand piece consists of the front and back portions a and b, made ofsuitable shape and preferably thumbless, the edges thereof being securedtogether by stitches or otherwise, yet my invention comprehends theemployment of any other suitable form or construction of hand piece,which will support the cleaning or polishing pads, and protect the handof the user. rlhis hand piece may be made of any suitablemateriaLalthough/rubber cloth is preferred.

A pad c consisting of a piece of sheep skin having the wool thereon, iscut oval or other suitable shape, to be placed upon and secured to oneside of the hand piece, and a piece of chamois skin d is likewise cutoval in shape to be placed upon and secured to the opposite side of thehand piece, so that the fleeced side may be used for cleaning and ythechamois side for polishing, two objects particularly desired by bicycleriders and others. l

One Way of attaching the pads c and d to the hand piece consists insecuring the edges of said pads together by stitches, or otherwise,along and around one end, for instance as fromthe point 2 to the point3, thereby forming a pocket to receive the end of the hand piece, whichhaving been inserted therein, the loose or unsecured ends of said padsare or may be connected to the hand piece by stitches 4, or otherwise.Thus two cleaning or polishing surfaces are provided.

l have found that the chamois skin pad d soon becomes soiled so I havepermanently attached a small pieceof chamois skin e, to that side of thehand piece, wdirectly beneath the yloosely connected lower end of thepad d, such small piece being thereby normally concealed by the lowerend of the pad ol, as represented in Fig. 2; and after the outer pad dhas become soiled, its lower end may be detached by cutting the stitches4 for instance, and then turningsaid lower end up, over o'r upon itselfas represented in Fig. 3, and attaching said lower end to the upper endby stitches, or otherwise. When the lower end of pad d is thus detachedand upturned the auxiliary piece e is uncovered, and said piece epresents, in connection with the exposed face of the upturned portion anentirely clean polishing surface. I also Iind that the finger portion orend of the fieeced pad c, wears away much faster than its palm portion,and therefore provision is made for reversing the position of the padwith relation to or upon the hand piece. Such result is hereinrepresented as accomplished by securing to the inner face of the lowerpart of the fleeced pad c, a semicircular pocket piece c', similar inshape to the piece e, although its upper .horizontal edge isnot-connected with or attached to the pad, so that a pocket is therebypresented, and by removing the connected pads IOC c, d, from the handpiece, which may be done by cutting stitches 4 and thereafter insertingthe hand piece in the pocket thus provided by the pocket piece c', atthe lower end of the 5 pad, the position of said pad is reversed 'withrelation to the hand piece. At such time the pad d, folded upon itselfas represented in Fig. 3, will be interposed between the pad c and thehand piece, occupying the position 1o represented by the piece c Fig. 3,while the piece c will form a continuation of the permanently attachedpiece e, and if said piece c is made of chamois skin a polishing surfacewill likewise be provided. Thus it will be seen that the position of thepad c may be reversed; that three cleaning or polishing surfaces areprovided, and also the finger portion of a fourth cleaning or polishingsurface. It is obvious however that many of the desirable 2o results maybe obtained without the necessity of providing for all of the featuresrepresented in Figs. 1 to 3, as for instance by referring to Fig. 4, thehand piece 0,', b', has upon one side of it a pad c2, and upon the otherside a semicircular or auxiliary piece e', and also a whole pad d',which overlaps the piece e', and is adapted to be turned up to exposesaid piece e when desired. In this instance the connected pads c2, d',are not reversible on 3o the hand piece, and therefore they may beattached directly to the hand piece in any desirable way.

In Fig. 5, the pads c2 and CZ', are arranged one upon each side of thehand piece, and the pieces c3 and e', omitted, and hence but twocleaning or polishing surfaces are provided, and the pads when soemployed may likewise be connected with or attached to the hand piece inany desirable way.

4o Referring to Fig. 6, the ieeced pad c2, has a semicircular pocketpiece cB attached to it as in Fig. 3, presenting a pocket at its lowerend, and a like piece c4, attached to it at its upper end, forming alike pocket just as formed by the piece d. These pockets, one

at each end of the pad c2, receive a hand piece and permit it to bereversed upon the hand piece, and when the pieces c2 and c4, are made ofchamois skin a small polishing surface is provided covering the fingerportion of the 5o hand piece. In this figure a loop or tabf is providedby means ot' which the hand piece may be withdrawn from the hand.

I do not desire to limit my invention to any particular way ofsupporting either pad upon the hand piece and especially the reversiblepad, as so far as I am aware I am the First to provide a polishingmitten of any form with a hand piece of any suitable construction,having thereon or attached thereto or con- 6o nected therewith in anyway, a reversible pol ishing pad, and therefore I desire to broadlyclaim this important feature of my invention.

1. In a polishing mitten, a hand piece, provided with a polishing padhaving a plurality of polishing surfaces, said pad being adapted to haveits position upon the hand piece reversed to bring any one of saidpolishing surfaces into position for use, substantially as 7o described.

2. In a polishing mitten, a hand piece and polishing pad having a pocketat each end for the insertion of the hand piece, whereby its positionupon the hand piece may be reversed, 7 5 substantially as described.

3. In a polishing mitten, a hand piece, the pads c and d, one at eachside of the hand piece, the lower end of the pad d being detachablyconnected with `the hand piece, to be 8o upturned when desired,substantially as dcscribed.

4. In a polishing mitten the pad c, having a pocket at each end toreceive the linger portion of the hand piece, and the auxiliary pad epermanently secured to the back side ofthe palm portion of said handpiece, substantially as described.

5. In a polishing mitten the pad c having a pocket piece at each end,substantially as de- 9o scribed.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciiication in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

NELSON F. HUMPIIREY.

Witnesses:

B. J. NoYEs, C. B. CnocKnR.

